Tracklist: 1. Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria 2. Durch die schweren Zeiten 3. Rudi ratlos 4. Sonderzug nach Pankow 5. Mit dem Sakko nach Monakko 6. Ich steh' ja so auf Disco 7.
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Oh, yeah, I like the song, too. It sounds kind-a happy. I also like the little one dancing - I always enjoy seeing children happy, they have such a radiant innocence about their happiness: it's pure, clear and without deceit.
(On the other hand to see one cry with relatives uncaring can make me furious!) Uhm. That Big Boy seems to be on road testing on the Swiss Railways.? Is that part of Swiss preparing for EU financial collapse when they rather sell their home generated electricity to Germany for hard Swiss Fraenkli, importing vice versa quantities of coal from German would be closed down coal mines for cheap Euros on loan?
As far as I know they could still buy seven of them, although I'm not sure if selling them would make any noticeable difference on our national deficit. The Jazz piece is interesting, yet - sorry - not reminding of a K-4s at all. Maybe some Brazilian meter gauge railway winding though the jungle. The FC Thereza-Christina in steam time.
The K-4s sure was an able engine, but as flexing and agile as that? Dunno Never mind, Arthur Honegger's 'Pacific 231' didn't convey anything Steam to me neither - it's quite an effervescent piece, a bit weird if you pardon me, partly eerie, uncanny even, but not reminding of Pacific steam. Guess, to exceedingly sensitive musicians steam locomotives can make extreme impressions and might cause unpredictable reactions. Oh - and here’s my all-time favourite: Arlo Guthrie, City of New Orleans! It c an still choke me and get my eyes wet in a weak moment.
See with quite a nice computer animated video of the train. Or if you prefer Johnny Cash He sure had some good, original and true railroad songs of his own that somehow always sound like Santa Fe to me – yet for the ‘City of New Orleans’ I prefer Arlo Guthrie. – I didn’t know she has also sung it: Judy Collins, still a fine voice (only, did you have to dress in pink, oh my, Judy ). S ome more suggestions?. Regards = J =. Great train songs?
Well we've all got out favorites, mine happen to be the following, and in no particular order: 'Casey Jones', the Johnny Cash version. Almost like being in the cab. And Johnnys version is so good it almost makes you forget what's going to happen. 'Ride This Train', also by Johnny Cash.
Kind of obscure, but if you remember the TV show I'm sure you remember the 'Ride This Train' storytelling segment. A 19th Century piece by Johann Strauss called 'Bahn Frei'. 'Bahn Frei' is the German equivalent of 'Highball!' A rollicking piece of music! 'City of New Orleans.' There's three versions I like, the Steve Goodman original, the famous Arlo Guthrie version, and a cover by Willie Nelson backed up by Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. Don't know which one I like best.
'Chattanooga Choo-Choo' The immortal Glenn Miller at his best! For a real treat, there's an extended version done in the movie 'Sun Valley Serenade', topped off with a dance number by the incredible Nicholas Brothers. I'll tell you, I don't know how we could have won World War Two without the B-17, the P-51, the M-1 rifle, and swing music! Thanks, Juniatha, for Arlo Guthrie’s 'The City of New Orleans.' Every time I hear it, from the first time (in 1972) to today, it reminds me of my last trip on the IC’s City of New Orleans. In April of ‘70, I had planned to ride the through sleeper from St. Louis to New Orleans, leaving St.
Louis the day before I did leave–but the Wabash Cannon Ball, which I took from Detroit to St. Louis did not get me to St. Louis on time to make the connection (among other things, we came up on a freight that had broken in two, and before it was put back together and everything checked, someone passing by stepped in between two cars and closed an anglecock. That the train to Detroit had come in late the night before and the crews were called out on short rest would not have mattered but for the delay caused by the freight’s problems; as it was, the dogcatcher was at the right place at the right time with the relief crews, so that did not delay us). The animated video of the train was good–except it did not show a dome coach but did show an observation car and lounge car, which no longer were operated. As to the operation of this particular run, we did not arrive in New Orleans until in the morning because of electrical problems on all three units of the engine.
At Fulton, Ky., an electrician came on board, but he was unable to get the matter resolved, and at Dyersburg, Tenn., two Geeps were put on the point. They just could not make the scheduled time of the train, and we left Memphis about four hours late (no changing of cars, though) and arrived in New Orleans between six and seven hours late. To make sure that I made it to Tuscaloosa the same day, I detrained at Carrollton Ave. (until Amtrak came along, all inbound and outbound trains stopped there), and caught the Southern Crescent there. I have always like the reference to 'fathers’ magic carpet made of steel'–especially since I had ridden on a pass several times (my father operated a locomotive crane in the ACL’s Tampa shop, and my mother was able get a pass once a year). @ Ulrich: quote: Ha ha.some of those innocent little ones can make their relatives cry too. I saw the movie 'Harvey Girls' recently, starring Judy Garland.
I think it dates to 1939 and is in colour. It was made using a Virginia and Truckee 4-4-0 as 'number 49'. The big production number covers the arrival and departure of the train with the cast marching alongside the train as it leaves until it accelerates away. Do yuh hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it's engine number forty nine, She's the only one that'll sound that way. On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. See the ol' smoke risin' 'round the bend, I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend, Folks around these parts get the time o' day From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.
Here she comes! Ooh, ooh, ooh, Hey, Jim, yuh better git the rig! Ooh, ooh, ooh, She's got a list o' passengers that's pretty big And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel, 'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell, All the way to Californiay, On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. The song was a big hit in the 1940s Also we shouldn't forget Johnnie B.
Goode, the second verse. He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by they would stop and say Oh my that little country boy could play The words probably mean more with the music. 'Bahn Frei' was apparently composed by Johann's brother, Eduard Strauss. Johann's work, particularly 'Blue Danube,' was an early influence in my own musical tastes, thanks to its use in the soundtrack to '2001-A Space Odyssey.'
That soundtrack, and the synthesizer work 'Switched On Bach,' were heard by my very young ears (thanks, dad) long before I was listening to everything from Neil Young to Neil Diamond on the radio in the early 70s. Very long list of classical, country, folk, rock, pop, and other artists I could ramble on about here, but let me just list a handful of railroad-oriented tunes that come to mind. 'Driving the Last Spike,' by Genesis. Singer/drummer Phil Collins really did the lyrics and emotion right in this tribute to the early builders of England's railways.
Phil's an avid train buff and made quite a few headlines in recent years by announcing he had put his musical career on hiatus in order to finish a model railroad he was building with his youngest son(s). 'Last Train to Istanbul,' by Steve Hackett, guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire who left Genesis in the late 70s. It's off his recent 'Out of the Tunnel's Mouth' CD, steam train with Steve on the cover. Steve's a train buff too, a bit more toward the vintage steam side of things. He managed to post frequent photos of his encounters with various forms of railroading during his recent world tour.
'Honky Tonk Train Blues,' by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A bluesy instrumental piano and horns piece.
Perhaps a bit too eclectic for those who lean only toward Neil Young's 'Southern Pacific' or the Dead's 'Casey Jones.' Don't start me talkin' 'Cause I'll tell erverything I knows'. Jesse Fuller's 'The Monkey and the Engineer', Hank William's 'Steel Rail Blues', Bob Dylan riding down the double E with the moon lookin' pretty. Flatt & Scruggs OBS and Doc Watson, and Seldom Scenes 'Train From Poor Valley', Tom Rush's' Panama Limited' (he gets it rolling!!!). Then The Stones 'there were two lights on behind' but forget the tune. Glenn Miller had a jumpin' band and I love all train related tunes, or ballads, or joyous songs, but it's interesting how many have to do with departure,.lost loves, to the promised land, etc. And Gladys I love Ya for Midnight Train.
Train music has to be evocotive for me. Whether the Blues or R&B through Jazz (has Al Green ever recorded a train song, 'cause I'd buy it) and if I was ever stranded on a desert island I'd hope it would be with Sam Cooke, Roberta Flack and Susan Sarandon.
With some kind of music player to back us up of course. Oh yes, Taj Mahal's 'She Caught the Katy' (see below).and Vernon Dalhart's 'Wreck of the Old 97' on the Victor Tallking Machines Co, label, although his 'The Prisoner's Song' (o'er these prison walls I would fly) remains my favorite among his works. You Country guys should Wiki him to life. Can't reccomend the Paul Buttrerfield Band's 'Two Trains A'running' but the LP side filling 'East-West' bends my mind to this day.Butterfield.
Bloomfied, Natalfin, what a band, that broke up in to Electric Flag and the Supersession album with Stevie Stills from Buffalo Springfield. 'The Rock Island Line (it's a mighy fine line)' was that Leadbelly's or John Hurt's? I've got all these LP's and nothing to play 'em on.
Can anyonee recommend an economical play system.? I'm way past the days when I had an Akai M9 recorder, a Dual 1019 turntable, a Pioneer tuner/amp and speakers, and an Uher portable recorder. Remember Ampex 8' tapes? 'Steel Rail Blues' I miss Hank Rixflix. Readers of this forum over a certain age who've ever noticed my signature bar at the bottom of my posts know what my favourite Great Train Song is; 'I'm Moving On' by Hank Snow. I've found a clip on Youtube of Hank performing the song on a Country Music show hosted by Johnny Cash.
Johnny gives as good an introduction to Hank as I could so I won't retype it here. I will just say what Johnny didn't know was Hank would live until the age of 85 and die on his Rainbow Ranch at Madison Tennessee in 1999.
For those of you who didn't catch my favourite line in country music here is another clip from 1950. Bucyrus, I know, I know. 'She's gone everywhere but home'. Rush's version was sort of an amalgam of Bukka Whites 'Special Streamline' and 'Panama Limited' and Rush is playing it to this day. Ya know, the white rock bands always got debits for reaping the royalties that the original artists never dreamed of. But thanks to the folkies.the Brits.
The Bluegrrass people, alot of rockers (think Mickey Hart from The Dead and Bob Hite of Canned Heat), the R&B and Jazz stations, like WPFW Pacifica here in DC for keeping some of their careers and all those 'originals' alive. Gonna have to pick up the Lightfoot too and always admired his 'If I Could Read Your Mind'. Wow, what a 'rush', John Prine, Leo Kottke's 'Tiny Island', and dear Steve Goodman who died too young.
Bucyrus, I know, I know. 'She's gone everywhere but home'. Rush's version was sort of an amalgam of Bukka Whites 'Special Streamline' and 'Panama Limited' and Rush is playing it to this day. Ya know, the white rock bands always got debits for reaping the royalties that the original artists never dreamed of. But thanks to the folkies.the Brits. The Bluegrrass people, alot of rockers (think Mickey Hart from The Dead and Bob Hite of Canned Heat), the R&B and Jazz stations, like WPFW Pacifica here in DC for keeping some of their careers and all those 'originals' alive.
Gonna have to pick up the Lightfoot too and always admired his 'If I Could Read Your Mind'. Wow, what a 'rush', John Prine, Leo Kottke's 'Tiny Island', and dear Steve Goodman who died too young.